The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-08-18
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A correspondent Of the Neficfi Pres, o.
London. communicates % that journal the
following account Of q skeleton manufao-
.ory, which he re .eutly had an Opportu-
nity Of visiting The establishment Is 10
rated ID the plain Of g.. Denis, France,
and consists Of large wooden buildings,
comprising one main structure and sew
eral anneEes.
The large hail contains two rows Of inn
mense kettles, the emanatiOns from
which are, as might bs supp0s led, far
from agreeable, even % an 0lfactory
apparatus used 20 the atmosphere Of .
1isseeting-rOOm- These kettles serve for
Kidding the bones Of their adhering ten
Ions through boiling. The Decentralization
u the skulls, which h performed sepa-
sately,i constitutes the most delicate part
OF the operation In the case Of children
Dr. young adults e Is effected through an
ingenious process, consisting In filling
the cerebral cavity with dry peas and
then immersing the skull in water
Through the effect Of such immersion
the peas swell and bring about adislOca-
ton Of the most delicate suturea.
After the bones have been submitted 10
. prolonged boiling they are carried %
tables where young women carefully
scraPe them in order 70 free them per
fectly from the soft tissues that adhere 70
them Certain specialists obtain verv
high wages for this work, Is pecially those
who prepare very delicate bones, such as
those Of frogs, lizards, etc
After being scraped, the bones are
bleached. either through the action OF
chloride Of lime for the cheap skeletons
or that Of the sun for high-priced ones
Final y they 90 70 q special Work-rcOm
where they are assembled, mounted upoa
brass and articulated.
These hnal operations require q pro
found knowledge OF OsteOlogy, along with
sn artistic eye. In fact II Is necessary
o. select from a collection Of Al sorts Of
bones those that can BE- well enough as
sembled 10 Look a. II they came from one
aud the same Individual The others are
sold singly for the use Of students Of
limited means, who are content with a
portion of an uumOunted skeleton. II II
curious 10 iiud that sex has a great intiu-
g ice on the market value u the bones,
beautiful female skeleton being actually
worth twenty 10 twenty i've per cent
more than a male one Of corresponding
qualify.
Special kettles are devoted 70 children,
from those Of the rudimentary age up &c
those OF two or three years Thrse skele-
tons ara arranged In showcases in as
eending series, from the miniature three
or four inches in height up 70 the baby Of
twenty or thirty inches These little
skeletons have propOrtionatcly a greater
value than those Of their adult brothers.
Il may naturally be asked whence all
the cadAvs rs come. Most Of them, Il ap-
pears, are furnished BY the hospitals aud
dissecting rooms, and others by the per.
sons AS q general thing, the supply has
teen less than the demand, but in recent
times the abundance and cheapness Of
skeletons Of Austrian origin have cousid.
erably depressed the market Neverthe
less, despite the Industrial and CONNER
eiAl crisis that prevails throughout the
world, the industry under consideration
seems 70 be In a most fOurIshing condi
ton